Bringing Home Jeremiah

The c-section went well on Friday.  Jeremiah was born at 7:38am.  He cried a lot before they even got him out of the delivery room.  He nurses great, sleeps a lot, and is really cute!

Friday afternoon John, Olue, and Mom and Dad came to see us in the hospital.

Johnny LOVES his baby brother.

Johnny says "Baby likes me too much." all the time.  He really means "I like baby a lot."

Lu Lu, Jeremiah, Johnny...I still can't believe we have 3 kids!

Daddy's feeding Jeremiah a bottle

We supplemented with formula the first few days.  It takes a while for my milk to come in (maybe because of the c-section?).  Jeremiah is already starting to gain back his lost weight.  It took both John and Olue a long time to gain back the weight.

Grandma holding the Jeremiah

Lu Lu with Mommy

Johnny was really scared when he saw me hooked up to the IV and machines when he came to see me after Olue was born.  I was happy to see that Lu Lu didn't seem to even notice them.

Johnny rubbing Jeremiah's head...One of the kids' favorite passtimes

Jeremiah and Grandpa

Johnny wanted to sit with whoever was holding the baby

Lu Lu entertained herself with one of my pillows

Lu Lu and Johnny

Jeremiah

Getting ready to go home

We were definitely ready to go home by Sunday morning.  We got the all clear and headed to the pharmacy for my pain pills.  We left so early that there wasn't any pharmacy open in Bismarck, so I lived without them til Monday morning.  I wanted to get home so bad!

So Serious

Johnny and Lu Lu were so happy to have him home

Happy to be home in my rocking chair

So awake

Sunday afternoon the kids played outside in their pool, a sprinkler, and the slip and slide...Lots of fun!

Johnny running in the sprinkler

Lu Lu's all wet

Johnny on the slip and slide

Johnny spraying the water gun

Johnny and the water gun

Cutie Lu

drinking water from the slip and slide

Katie and Thomas came to spend the night on Monday on their way to their honey moon in Glacier.  It was really nice to see them and show them their soon to be Godson.

Katie, Jeremiah and Johnny

We tried to get Olue in the picture, but she wouldn't cooperate

Lu Lu in her element

Thomas and Jeremiah

First Bath...Jeremiah got his first bath at home on Monday night.  That beautiful hair gets kinda greasy.

Bath time

He didn't like it too well.

Elvis Hair

Daddy and Jeremiah

Lu Lu and Jeremiah

Jeremiah, Lu Lu, and Johnny

We tried to move Olue into Johnny's bed and Johnny into the full sized bed in his room, but....it didn't work. Josh moved her back to her crib after she fell out of bed twice in twenty minutes (on the second night).  We'll try again in a month or so when Jeremiah needs the crib.

Lu Lu likes the big bed

She looks so little!

Josh took all week off from work.  It's been so nice to have him home.  I'm glad he has the 4th off next week.  I think it might be a ruff first week (especially with the chickens...He's been watering them 3+ times a day).

Our 4th wedding anniversary was on Thursday and we kinda forgot again...Ooops.  Josh got some ice cream and a movie at the gas station.  I slept through most of the movie.  But we sat together on the couch.  It was kinda nice.  Every time we watched a movie at the end of the pregnancy I was on the opposite end of the couch trying to be comfortable.  We had coffee and fresh muffins early this morning on the porch.  That's one of my favorite things to do.  The kids came out to join us when they woke up (about 2 minutes after we got out there).  It was really nice.

We've been going to the New Salem pool this week.  Josh and the kids have been having a lot of fun.  I can't wait til I can go in too.  It gets a little hot sitting in the sun unable to get wet past my legs.

John has become such a big boy these last couple days.  He is such a help and a big talker.  Sometimes his stories get a little long, but it's fun to talk with him.:)

Olue is getting 3 molars at once, so she's been a little needy lately.  She was kinda naughty when we first brought Jeremiah home, but she seems to be getting over it real fast.  She's been talking a lot too.  She says too much.  Some of it I can't understand, which frustrates her, but we figure most of it out.

Better go...Time for bed!